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Army Private Bradley Manningâs court martial starts on Monday and nationwide rallies are planned this weekend. A group in Tampa will show their support for Manning in front of MacDill Air Force Base Saturday.

Manning faces life in prison for releasing classified information to the whistleblowing website, WikiLeaks. The information uncovered military attacks on civilians in Iraq, among other things.

Susie Shannon is one of the organizers of the rally. She worries a conviction could pos...

Hurricane season starts tomorrow and itâs expected to be a busy one. Hurricane experts and emergency responders will educate Tampa Bay area residents on how to stay safe when a storm threatens during a hurricane expo Saturday.

The Tampa Dream Defenders, along with other immigrant rights organizations, are demanding amnesty and equal rights for all 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S . This week is a Legalization for All National Week of Action.

The National Week of Action comes as lawmakers in Washington debate the proposed comprehensive immigration reform bill. A spokesperson for Tampa Dream Defenders, Veronica Juarez, said the movement Legalization for All aims to present an alternat...

Today on Radioactivity, Rob Lorei speaks with Glenda Chauncy an Orlando women who participated in a protest in front of the Department of Justice headquarters. The 500 protesters wanted the Obama Administration to urge the DOJ to start launching criminal investigations into the actions that led to the Great Recession. Twenty-seven people got arrested - seventeen that night and ten more the following morning at 6 AM. Listen to the full story above.

Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of Code Pink, discusses why she interrupted the President's speech at the National Defense University. Medea is the author of DRONE WARFARE; KILLING BY REMOTE CONTROL. Medea referred to by the President in the speech as "that woman" responded to the criticisms that she was rude to the President. "Speaking out isn't rude...terrorizing villages with Hellfire Missiles that vaporize innocent people is rude. Violating the sovereignty of nations like Pakistan is rud...

Dr. Christine Horner is a surgeon and author. She has has two board certfifications: the National Board of Surgery and the National Board of Palstic Surgery. Her five year crusade with the Breast Reconstruction Advocay Project led to the passage of a federal law that reqjuires insurance companies to pay for breast reconstruction after a mastectomy. The longer she practiced medicine, the more concerned she became with the earlier onset of breast cancer in women. She focused her work more to c...

Soon pedestrians and cyclist could be able to travel around Central Tampa with ease. Wednesday at Seminole Heights Garden Center residents suggested ways to improve their neighborhoodâs portion of what is called the Green ARTery. Those 60 people are part of a grassroots movement in Tampa is pushing to refurbish and connect areas from 20 different districts.

The Green ARTery is a community-based movement which is focused on connecting Central Tampaâs neighborhood assets, the Hillsboroug...

Tampa Electric Company wants to raise its rates by 10% in order to meet rising costs and cover capital investments. During a meeting with the Public Service Commission in Tampa Wednesday night, people from several different groups lashed out at the proposal calling it a lavish and unnecessary pay raise for shareholders.

The rate increase would cost customers using 1000 kilowatt hours about $10 more on their monthly bill. People with large homes or higher energy needs would see a bigger inc...

The father of an immigrant killed in Orlando last week while being interrogated by the FBI said Thursday that the U.S. agents killed his son "execution-style."

At news conference in Moscow, Abdul-Baki Todashev showed journalists 16 photographs that he said were of his son in a Florida morgue. He said his son had six gunshot wounds to his torso and one to the back of his head.

The FBI says Ibragim Todashev was killed last week during a violent confrontation in his home while an FBI agent...

The Koch Brothers, Charles and David- two of the leading funders of conservative and far right wing causes in the country are considering buying the Tribune company. They are the second largest media company in the US, and they own two major newspapers here in Florida, the South Florida Sun Sentinel and the Orlando Sentinel. Some free press activists are protesting against this as they fear the Koch brothers will push their political agenda through the papers . Listen to the full show above....

Richard MartinâCo-Director of Lutheran Church Charitiesâ K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry, which in recent months, has deployed comfort dogs to Moore, OK after the tornado, to Boston after the bombing, and to Newtown, CT, after the Sandy Hook shootingâdiscusses the history of the Ministry since it was launched in 2008, and how itâs evolved into upwards of 60 dogs across eight states.
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Today on Last Call, Warren Elly speaks with Lt. Rob MacDonald about the 12 year war and life after deployment to Northern Afghanistan.

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Afghanistan, through the eyes of a young American over achieverâ¦ an Engineer, an accomplished sailor, a Lieutenant in the Naval Reserve SeaBeesâ¦who is just back from the Warâ¦ where under threat from the Taliban he commanded construction projects along Afghanistanâs northern border. Heâll now, presumably, return to his c...

After both chambers of the Florida legislature failed to agree on how to take care of some of the stateâs uninsured, some Hillsborough County Republicans still arenât sure what will happen with Medicaid expansion. During a Brandon Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday, Senator Tom Lee responded to pleas for lawmakers to go into special session to figure it out.